This raise brings BenevolentAI’s total amount of funding raised to $200m in the past five years.

£15m for cyber

In other news, UK PM Theresa May has set aside up to £15m in a bid to help Commonwealth countries strengthen their cybersecurity capabilities to block criminal groups and hostile actors which pose a global threat to security.

The news comes amid claims from the US and UK that Russian state-sponsored actors are targeting millions of internet users .

Officials from both countries said they have “high confidence” that cyber actors supported by the Kremlin have carried out a coordinated campaign to gain access to internet routers.

According to a statement, the new funding will support Commonwealth partners as they prevent and respond to cybersecurity risks affecting governments, businesses and citizens.

Some £5.5m has been set aside to enable low and middle income Commonwealth members to carry out national cybersecurity capacity reviews before the next Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in 2020.